English Research Guide

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Introduction to Research/Research Help

• Research 101: An interactive, online tutorial covering research basics
• Ask a Reference Librarian
• Other Research Aids  

• Citing Your Sources

• Library Tutorials 

Reference Resources

Print Reference Resources  

• Book Review Index, R 028 B644i
• Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, R 803 En19F
• Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage, R 808.042 H242p5 2003
• S F Writer, R 808.042 R929S3 2005
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, R 808.882 B284f16
• Critical Survey of Poetry, R 809.1 C869M
• Critical Survey of Drama, R 809.2 C869M
• Encyclopedia of the Novel, R 809.3003 En191 1998
• Critical Survey of Short Fiction, R 809.301 M272C
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, R 810.3 Ox2P 2004
• African American Writers, R 810.9 Af81s2 2001
• American Writers, R 810.9 Am35U
• British Writers, R 820.9 B777

Electronic Reference Resources 

• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online: Includes dictionaries, thesauruses, English language, literature, mythology, folklore, and quotations volumes

Periodicals/Databases/Indexes (finding articles and citations)

 Selected Print Periodicals

• American Literature
• The American Poetry Review
• Language
• MLN
• The Sewanee Review
• The Southern Review
• The Virginia Quarterly Review
• World Literature Today
• The Writer 

Selected Databases/Indexes

• Academic Search Premier: Most areas of academic study including English
• JSTOR: Full text as a digital image in a range of disci;lines including language & literature. (Coverage begins with the first issue and the most recent available will be 3-5 years old)
• Project Muse: Full text of scholarly  journals in a range of subject areas including literature
• Additional Arts & Humanities Databases

BearHunt: Use this tool to search multiple databases and CLICnet at one time.

Journal Finder: Use this tool to search for journal titles by title or ISSN or browse for journals by title or subject area.

Finding Books

Catalogs

• CLICnet: The shared catalog of Cooperating Libraries in Consortium  

eBook Collections     

• NetLibrary

Dewey Decimal System

• DeweyBrowser: OCLC's prototype, provides a visual interface for the Dewey Decimal System. Use this tool to find a Dewey number for a topic and then browse our library's shelves or catalog.

Dewey Decimal Classification for English

• 800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism
• 810 American literature in English
• 811 American poetry in English
• 812 American drama in English
• 813 American fiction in English
• 814 American essays in English
• 815 American Speeches in English
• 816 American letters in English
• 817 American humor & satire in English
• 818 American miscellaneous writings
• 820 English and Old English literatures
• 821 English poetry
• 822 English drama
• 823 English fiction
• 824 English essays
• 825 English Speeches
• 826 English letters
• 827 English humor & satire
• 828 English miscellaneous writings
• 829 Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
• 830 German & related literatures
• 840 French & related literatures
• 850 Italian, Romanian & related literatures
• 860 Spanish & Portuguese literatures
• 870 Latin & Italic literature
• 880 Classical & modern Greek literatures
• 890 Other literatures

Supplementary Web Resources: Selected web resources by subject area

• General
• Poetry
• Drama
• Literature
• Online Books
• Literary Theory and Criticism
• Authors
• English Education
• Writing
• Language

Concordia University Department of English and Modern Languages